| The grammar of caste: Economic discrimination in contemporary India A Deshpande Oxford University Press, 2011 | 590 | 2011 |
| Does caste still define disparity? A look at inequality in Kerala, India A Deshpande American Economic Review 90 (2), 322-325, 2000 | 415 | 2000 |
| The debt overhang and the disincentive to invest A Deshpande Journal of development Economics 52 (1), 169-187, 1997 | 353 | 1997 |
| Caste at birth? Redefining disparity in India A Deshpande Review of Development Economics 5 (1), 130-144, 2001 | 282 | 2001 |
| Where the path leads: The role of caste in post-university employment expectations A Deshpande, K Newman Economic and Political Weekly, 4133-4140, 2007 | 221 | 2007 |
| Entrepreneurship or survival? Caste and gender of small business in India A Deshpande, S Sharma Economic and Political Weekly, 38-49, 2013 | 158 | 2013 |
| Bad karma or discrimination? Male–female wage gaps among salaried workers in India A Deshpande, D Goel, S Khanna World Development 102, 331-344, 2018 | 123 | 2018 |
| Overlapping identities under liberalization: Gender and caste in India A Deshpande Economic Development and Cultural Change 55 (4), 735-760, 2007 | 97 | 2007 |
| Racial and ethnic economic inequality: The international record W Darity Jr, JG Nembhard American Economic Review 90 (2), 308-311, 2000 | 97 | 2000 |
| Affirmative action in India A Deshpande Oxford University Press, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Gender wage discrimination in India: Glass ceiling or sticky floor? S Khanna Delhi School of Economics Centre for Development Economics (CDE) Working Paper, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| Recasting economic inequality A Deshpande Review of Social Economy 58 (3), 381-399, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| Affirmative action in India and the United States A Deshpande Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012 | 89 | 2012 |
| The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown: first effects on gender gaps in employment and domestic work in India A Deshpande Ashoka University, Department of Economics Working Papers, 2020 | 87 | 2020 |
| Does affirmative action reduce productivity? A case study of the Indian railways A Deshpande, TE Weisskopf World Development 64, 169-180, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| For richer, for poorer ZM Beddoes The Economist 13 (10), 2012, 2012 | 76 | 2012 |
| (In) visibility, care and cultural barriers: the size and shape of women’s work in India A Deshpande, N Kabeer Ashoka University, Department of Economics, 2019 | 70 | 2019 |
| Norms that matter: Exploring the distribution of women’s work between income generation, expenditure-saving and unpaid domestic responsibilities in India A Deshpande, N Kabeer World Development 174, 106435, 2024 | 69 | 2024 |
| The Covid-19 pandemic and gendered division of paid work, domestic chores and leisure: evidence from India’s first wave A Deshpande Economia Politica 39 (1), 75-100, 2022 | 65 | 2022 |
| The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown: First order effects on gender gaps in employment and domestic time use in India A Deshpande GLO Discussion Paper, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
William DaritySamuel Du Bois Cook Professor, Duke UniversityVerified email at duke.edu